<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000790816-13-000102.txt : 20130703
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20130703124355
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000790816-13-000102
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130702
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130703
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130703

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000790816
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				232413352
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 EAST LANCASTER AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			RADNOR
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6103255600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		555 EAST LANCASTER AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			RADNOR
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19087

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LINPRO SPECIFIED PROPERTIES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIPZNER HOWARD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001170927

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09106
		FILM NUMBER:		13952149

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1696 NE MIAMI GARDENS DRIVE
		CITY:			NMB
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33179
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        <footnote id="F1">This filing also reports in the ending balance of shares owned the sum of 991.28 additional common shares acquired under the Company's Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP).  The ESPP shares were purchased following the Reporting Person's last Section 16 filing. Under the ESPP 991.28 shares were acquired on June 7, 2013 at a transaction price of $12.61 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Brad A. Molotsky, as Attorney-In-Fact for Howard Sipzner</signatureName>
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